Hong Kong Race WeekThe Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club is pleased to invite members of the International Council of Yacht Clubs (ICOYC) to join youth sailors from around the Asian region at our upcoming ASAF Youth Cup affiliated, Hong Kong Race Week event in February 2017.
As the biggest sailing regatta held in Hong Kong, we would be pleased to encourage youth sailors from amongst your International Council of Yacht Clubs members, to participate at this well attended international event.
Racing will be taking place out on our world class race tracks, the venues of our upcoming major events: the 2017 Optimist Asians & Oceania Championships and the 2018 - 29er World Championships.
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ICOYC Youth Invited to Hong Kong Race Week

The Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club is pleased to invite members of the International Council of Yacht Clubs (ICOYC) to join youth sailors from around the Asian region at our upcomingASAF Youth Cupaffiliated, Hong Kong Race Week event in February 2017.

As the biggest sailing regatta held in Hong Kong, we would be pleased to encourage youth sailors from amongst your International Council of Yacht Clubs members, to participate at this well attended international event.

Racing will be taking place out on our world class race tracks, the venues of our upcoming major events: the2017 Optimist Asians & Oceania Championshipsand the2018 - 29er World Championships. Attached below, please find background information along with promotional material, including a video preview for Hong Kong Race Week 2017.

Please do not hesitate to contact Nikki Claringbold directly for any further information regarding Hong Kong Race week 2017.

We look forward to welcoming members of ICOYC to our event.

Back ground:

Hong Kong Race Weekis a co-organised event run by the Hong Kong Sailing Federation and theRoyal Hong Kong Yacht Club. Established in 2014, this regatta has grown into the biggest regatta in Hong Kong, with in a very short period. Known around the Asian region as one of the best international dinghy events on the calendar.

The recent 2016 Hong Kong Race Week had a record 225 entries representing 13 nations. A constituent event of the ASAF Youth Cup, racing is held out of RHKYC’s Middle Island Sailing Centre on the south side of Hong Kong Island. Consisting of five world class race courses for participating sailors, over the 11 invited.

Classes include:

Optimist Optimist Green Fleet

29er 2.4mR

429 470

Laser Radial Laser 4.7

RSX: One & Youth RS: One

Techno 293

The largest attending fleet is the Optimist Dinghy class, with 110 entries in 2016, hailing predominantly from Hong Kong and China, and featuring junior sailors from Australia, Thailand, India, Indonesia, Bulgaria, Canada, Turkey and the United Kingdom. Alongside a 40-strong Laser fleet featuring such diverse nationalities as Australia, Bulgaria, Denmark, India, and Indonesia, the fleet competed together with their Hong Kong peers in Laser 4.7 and Laser Radial rigs. A 30-strong double-handed fleet included 29er, 420 and 470 dinghies along with 35 entries for the RSX Youth and Techno 293 windsurfing classes, hailing from Chinese Taipei, Japan, Italy and Hong Kong.